The global crypto market cap is $2.90T 0.81%▼ with a 24-hour market volume of $136.35B 10.50%▲. Bitcoin's dominance is currently 43.54% 0.11%▼. CURRENT PRICES BY MARKET CAP | # | Name | Price | 24h % | | 1 | Bitcoin BTC | $66,739.85 | 1.36% ▼ | | 2 | Ethereum ETH | $4,734.41 | 1.11% ▼ | | 3 | Binance Coin BNB | $634.91 | 2.49%▲ | | 4 | Cardano ADA | $2.23 | 4.00% ▼ | | 5 | Solana SOL | $239.44 | 3.18%▼ | Source: CoinMarketCap, 10:00 EST
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 Marathon Digital and other crypto mining stocks jumped as Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) reached another ATH. Marathon Digital exploded nearly 20% as Bitcoin (BTC) moved to $67,600, and ETH hit $4,822.36. More: - Riot Blockchain had the second-largest jump at 17%, and Bit Digital, Bitfarms Hive Blockchain, and Hut 8 also saw double-digit percentage gains.
- Crypto mining stocks strongly correlate to ETH and BTC prices because they hold the cryptocurrencies on their balance sheet.
- Similarly, other companies that hold BTC on their balance sheet, like MicroStrategy (+9%), also saw similar gains.
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TOP NFT COLLECTIONS | # | Name | 24h Volume | 24h % | | 1 | Axie Infinity ETH, RONIN | $30.61M | 2.50% ▲ | | 2 | CryptoPunks ETH | $6.34M | 32.42% ▼ | | 3 | Farmers World WAX | $2.99M | 25.01% ▲ | | 4 | Solana Monkey Business SOL | $2.38M | 311.85% ▲ | | 5 | Art Blocks ETH | $1.49M | 88.26% ▼ | Source: DappRadar, 10:00 pm EST
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 The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC) sanctioned Latvia-based crypto exchange Chatex. Chatex is the latest crypto exchange to receive sanctions from the U.S. for providing the infrastructure for ransomware payments. More: - According to a press release, over half of the transactions on Chatex were directly related to ransomware, darknet markets and high-risk exchanges.
- The Treasury Department claimed that the Telegram-operated exchange was directly involved with previously sanctioned crypto exchange Suex.
- Three exchange operators have received sanctions from the U.S. Treasury to date: IZBITS OU, Hightrade Finance Ltd., and now Chatax.
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▲ TOP GAINERS | # | Name | Price | 24h % | | 1 | IoTeX IOTX | $0.1395 | 37.22% ▲ | | 2 | Livepeer LPT | $69.61 | 35.11% ▲ | | 3 | Kadena KDA | $21.87 | 33.76% ▲ | | 4 | Loopring LRC | $2.77 | 24.94% ▲ | | 5 | Zcash ZEC | $198.47 | 15.22% ▲ | ▼ TOP LOSERS | # | Name | Price | 24h % | | 1 | Crypto.com Coin CRO | $0.3434 | 10.88%▼ | | 2 | Basic Attention Token BAT | $1.16 | 10.33%▼ | | 3 | KuCoin Token KCS | $22.85 | 8.44%▼ | | 4 | Fantom FTM | $2.84 | 6.91%▼ | | 5 | Internet Computer ICP | $52.04 | 6.84%▼ | Source: CoinMarketCap, 10:00 EST
*Limited to cryptocurrencies in the Top 100
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 Discord users have mixed feelings about potential Ethereum (ETH) wallet integrations. Discord CEO and co-founder Jason Citron shared an image of the possible integration on Twitter. More: - Citron’s image similarly resembled Twitter’s announced NFT verification tool, which is still currently in development.
- Discord Nitro’s customer support page was immediately flooded with users complaining about the new feature, with some threatening to cancel their Nitro subscriptions.
- Initially launched as a platform for gamers, other users are excited about the move, seeing it as a natural progression with the rise of NFT gaming.
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Brazil-based crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin announced that it would issue two renewable energy tokens. The tokens are a joint effort between the exchange and Brazil’s Comerc energy provider. More: - One token, expected to be released in December, will provide crypto payments for Comerc customers generating renewable energy through Sou Vagalume.
- Similar to Brazil’s distributed solar generation grants, the tokens are expected to give renewable energy “miners” up to 20% of their energy bill for their efforts.
- The second token will be used as a certificate of renewable energy consumption, backed by the International REC Standard.
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 Austria unveiled a new tax framework for digital assets, taxing them similarly to stocks and bonds. The new framework is the first of its kind among EU member states. More: - 27.5% capital gains taxes on cryptocurrencies is expected by March 2022.
- Crypto purchased before March 2022 will not be subject to tax liability.
- Swaps or exchanges from one token to another will not be considered a taxable event.
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 Steve Aoki and Todd McFarlane announced their collaboration on a curated NFT marketplace, OddKey. This Solana (SOL) based platform will host creator-owned intellectual properties. More: - Unlike other NFT marketplaces, OddKey will not allow third-party licenses or knock-off projects to be sold on the platform.
- Aoki is no stranger to the NFT world, having released his own artwork on Nifty Gateway and recently purchasing a purple-haired CryptoPunk for his Twitter avatar.
- McFarlane plans to sell his original artwork from his comic book “Spawn” on the NFT platform.
- Aoki and McFarlane chose to use SOL due to its cheaper fees and better energy consumption from its proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus model.
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 Coinbase (COIN) shares dropped 13.5% after hours following a disappointing Q3. Coinbase’s revenue declined $920,000 and transaction volume fell 43% from Q2. More: - Coinbase stated in a shareholder letter that this is an example of how the crypto market can be volatile and fluctuations in quarter-to-quarter earnings were anticipated.
- Bitcoin (BTC) transactions accounted for 19% of the platform’s trading volume, slightly below Ethereum (ETH) at 22%.
- Following the Q3 earnings call, the crypto exchange’s stock is now 18% below its April IPO price.
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- 12% of Shiba Inu (SHIB) token holders purchased SHIB within 20% of its all-time high.
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- Congress passed the $1.2B U.S. infrastructure bill with the crypto tax reporting requirement.
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 |  | Griffin McShane is a New York transplant currently living in Brooklyn, NY. He is a graduate of Providence College, where he studied both computer science and business, and the University of Maine School of Law, where he earned his JD. Beyond his work at Inside, Griffin has written articles for CoinDesk and is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). |  | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 Ford. | |
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